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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Myron E Fox, Spencerport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354230 ; 3542341 ;
Abstract
A camera including a combined shutter and adjustable aperture is characterized by resilient means for uniformly dampening oscillations during operation. The combined shutter and aperture includes a stepper motor that drives a plurality of blades between a closed aperture blocking position and a plurality of open aperture defining positions. The blades and stepper motor are coupled by a drive train that increases friction in the drive train uniformly in all positions of the blades. A counter weight is provided for balancing inertial forces on said ring.